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Illinois Cancer Alliance to Reduce mortality and Enhance Screening (IL-CARES)

Award Number: NU58DP006764
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/30/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/29/2025

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Illinois Cancer Alliance to Reduce mortality and Enhance Screening (IL-CARES) - Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in spite of diligent efforts in increasing prevention through health system interventions. Prevention for colorectal cancer encompasses both early detection and treatment when pre-cancerous growths can be removed before they turn to cancer. However, the benefits of prevention are only accomplished when there is coordinated effort across systems and interventions focused on all levels (system, provider, patient and referral); this would ensure not only periodic screening but the completion of timely diagnostic follow-up services. Illinois (IL) is in the last quartile for CRC screening across the Nation and in the highest quartile for CRC related mortality. Within IL, CRC screening is lower than State average in the most populous tri-county urban region (Cook, DuPage and Will County) and in the rural parts of our State. Particularly, the Southern part of Illinois is in the Hotspot region where CRC death rates have increased significantly. Populations least likely to be screened (Hispanic, Asian in urban and White population in rural) and those that have the highest mortality (Black) are in these regions. It is imperative to target systems serving this vulnerable community. University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) was the first recipient of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) for IL in 2015. Our program conducted intensive pre-implementation, tailored evidence-based interventions and evolved over the course of 5 years to extend partnership with rural local health departments to tackle the high burden of CRC. UCM will continue to address the high disparity in CRC across different race/ethnic populations and rural parts (hotspot locations), we propose to launch the Illinois Colorectal Cancer Alliance to Reduce mortality and Enhance Screening (IL-CARES) that will build on lessons learned and utilize tools and solutions from our CRCCP program to extend our impact into tri-county urban region and Southern IL. Our aim is to implement a multi-level intervention program in partnership with health systems to strengthen capacity, tailor interventions, sustain CRC screening status and complete timely diagnostic follow-up tests to increase CRC screening rates in the short term and reduce CRC incidence and mortality among the populations reached by our proposed program. We will implement our program in three phases: pre-implementation focused on readiness assessments; implementation phase where interventions are aligned with system readiness; and, post-implementation phase focused on sustainment along with ongoing monitoring and evaluation using both process and outcome measures.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	5801 S Ellis Ave	Chicago	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	01	5	6/23/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $682,245 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	5801 S ELLIS AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	00	5	6/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$682,245
														Subtotal = $682,245

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $922,245 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	5801 S ELLIS AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	00	4	5/19/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$922,245
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	5801 S ELLIS AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	01	4	8/11/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	5801 S ELLIS AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	02	4	9/14/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	5801 S ELLIS AVE	CHICAGO	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	01	3	6/2/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $922,245

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $922,245 )
2022	2022	University Of Chicago, The	5801 S Ellis Ave	Chicago	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	00	3	5/19/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$922,245
														Subtotal = $922,245

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $912,179 )
2021	2021	University Of Chicago, The	5801 S Ellis Ave	Chicago	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	00	2	5/12/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$912,179
2021	2021	University Of Chicago, The	5801 S Ellis Ave	Chicago	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	01	2	9/15/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2020	University Of Chicago, The	5801 S Ellis Ave	Chicago	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	01	1	11/5/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $912,179

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $850,000 )
2020	2020	University Of Chicago, The	5801 S Ellis Ave	Chicago	IL	60637	COOK	USA	Organized Approaches to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening	00	1	6/9/2020	NEW	$850,000
														Subtotal = $850,000

Grand Total All Awards = $4,288,914

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Illinois Cancer Alliance to Reduce mortality and Enhance Screening (IL-CARES)

Award Number: NU58DP006764

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/30/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/29/2025

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